It's hard to turn regular season success into postseason wins, a fact Greenfield-Central can now relate to. They took an 83-76 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Mt. Vernon Marauders on Saturday. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game last Friday (60), the Cougars still had to take the loss.
Despite the loss, Greenfield-Central still got an impressive performance from Braylon Mullins, who dropped a double-double with 38 points and ten boards. That was a full 50% of Greenfield-Central's points, marking the third time in a row Mullins has posted more than a third of the team's points. The team also got some help courtesy of Dallas Freeman, who went 5-for-6 to rack up 15 points and six rebounds.
Cougars
| 03/08/25 vs Mt. Vernon | 24 |
| 03/07/25 @ Muncie Central | 22 |
| 03/04/25 vs Pendleton Heights | 23 |
| 12/28/24 vs Fishers | 19 |
| 12/28/24 vs Jeffersonville | 11 |
| + 7 more games |
Even though they lost, Greenfield-Central was working as a unit and finished the game with 24 assists. That's the most assists they've posted since back in February of 2024.
It was another big night for Luke Ertel, who dropped a double-double with 36 points and ten boards for Mt. Vernon. That makes it nine consecutive games in which Ertel has scored at least a third of Mt. Vernon's points. Another player making a difference was Ryker Baer, who scored 11 points and six assists.
With the loss, Greenfield-Central broke their five-game winning streak and moved their record to 23-4. They've dominated over that stretch too, winning by an average of 31 points. As for Mt. Vernon, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won eight of their last nine matches. That's provided a nice bump to their 20-5 record this season.
Greenfield-Central does not have any more games scheduled as of now. As for Mt. Vernon, they will take on Brownsburg at 1:00 p.m. on Saturday. Mt. Vernon has been getting the ball to fall more lately as they've increased their point totals each of their last three games.
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